SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our reportable segments are based upon geographic region and are defined as North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia. These regions also represent our operating segments. Each segment manufactures home appliances and related components, but serves strategically different marketplaces. The chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based upon each segment's earning (loss) before interest and taxes (EBIT), which we define as operating profit less interest and sundry (income) expense and excluding restructuring costs, asset impairment charges and certain other items that management believes are not indicative of the Company's ongoing performance, if any. Total assets by segment are those assets directly associated with the respective operating activities. The "Other/Eliminations" column primarily includes corporate expenses, assets and eliminations, as well as restructuring costs and asset impairments, if any. Intersegment sales are eliminated within each region except compressor sales out of Latin America, which are included in Other/Eliminations.

Effective January 1, 2018, we realigned the composition of certain segments to align with our new leadership reporting structure. We now report our Mexico business as a part of our Latin America segment, and have shifted certain adjacent business from the North America segment to the Asia segment. The determination of the Company's reportable segments was not affected by these changes. Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.

Sales to Lowe's, a North American retailer, represented approximately 12%, 10% and 9% of our consolidated net sales in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company did not have any customer with accounts receivable of more than 10% of consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

In the last three years, two countries - the United States and China - individually comprised at least 10% of consolidated net sales or long-lived assets within the country in the last three years. The following table summarizes net sales and long-lived assets by geographic area:



Millions of dollars	United States		China		All Other Countries		Total
2018:
Sales to external customers	$	10,642	$	851	$	9,544	$	21,037
Long-lived assets	4,556		907		2,698		8,161
2017:
Sales to external customers	$	10,378	$	824	$	10,051	$	21,253
Long-lived assets	4,577		1,066		4,099		9,742
2016:
Sales to external customers	$	9,901	$	945	$	9,872	$	20,718
Long-lived assets	4,587		981		3,750		9,318



	OPERATING SEGMENTS
Millions of dollars	North America		EMEA			Latin America		Asia		Other/ Eliminations			Total Whirlpool
Net sales
2018	11,374		4,536			3,618		1,587		(78		)	21,037
2017	11,065		4,881			3,946		1,539		(178		)	21,253
2016	10,541		5,148			3,731		1,490		(192		)	20,718
Intersegment sales
2018	$	267	$	101		$	1,313	$	358	$	(2,039	)	$	—
2017	271		118			1,273		289		(1,951		)	—
2016	263		67			1,257		291		(1,878		)	—
Depreciation and amortization
2018	$	196	$	204		$	111	$	72	$	62		$	645
2017	210		197			126		63		58			654
2016	212		204			121		63		55			655
EBIT
2018	$	1,338	$	(106	)	$	184	$	83	$	(1,328	)	$	171
2017	1,282		(19		)	248		14		(476		)	1,049
2016	1,224		150			192		93		(384		)	1,275
Total assets
2018	$	7,161	$	7,299		$	4,745	$	2,636	$	(3,494	)	$	18,347
2017	6,956		8,781			4,847		2,745		(3,291		)	20,038
2016	7,018		7,497			4,242		2,829		(2,433		)	19,153
Capital expenditures
2018	$	180	$	154		$	110	$	71	$	75		$	590
2017	172		219			137		106		50			684
2016	172		199			132		68		89			660

A reconciliation of our segment information to the corresponding amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) is shown in the table below:



in millions	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017	December 31, 2016
Total EBIT	171		1,049	1,275
Less: Interest expense	192		162	161
Less: Income tax (benefit) expense	138		550	186
Net earnings (loss)	(159	)	337	928